Spring-clip.



No. 742,892. PATENTED NOV. 3, 1903.

G. W. MoGILL.

SPRING CLIP.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 1,1903.

N0 MODEL.

WlTNESSES:

UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SPRING-CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,892, dated November3, 1903.

Application filed June 1, 1903. Serial No. 159,599. (No model.

To allwhom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MoGrLL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Riverdale-on-Hudson, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSpring-Clips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a novel, simple, andefiective spring-clip fashioned from a single piece of wire of suitablesize and temper and which is susceptible of being rapidly andeconomically made, readily applied in securing together papers and likearticles, and which will be free from all tendency to abrade or tear thepapers or other material held by it.

In the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, andwherein similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts,Figure 1 represents a side view of the device. Fig. 2 representsasimilar view, differing only in the construction-wire, being showntherein provided with bulbous-shaped terminals. Fig. 3 is a view similarto Fig. 2

v and showing an additional bend in one side of the clip-frame. Fig. 4shows the clip fashioned as shown in Fig. 1 and applied in holdingseveral sheets of paper; and Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are similar side views ofthe device, showing three difierent modifications in its construction.

In forming the clip the wire composing it is bent from about its center,as at 7, providing the upper part A of its frame, with the rest of thewire folded downward therefrom in manner to provide the two dependingarms 1 4, the arm 1 being folded around at 2 in manner to provide theinner base-wire of the frame and the member 3, the latter beingprojected upwardly along the inner side of the arm 4 and the arm 4 beingfolded around and below such inner base-wire 2 in manner to provide theframe its outer and lower basewire 5 and the member 6, the latter beingprojected upward along the outer side of the arm 1, such oppositefolding of the lower portions of the arms providing the lower part B ofthe clip. In the fold forming the upper portion A of the clip-frame thewire is single, while in the fold forming its lower portion B Theterminal of the longer upit is doubled.

.wardly-projecting member of the clip is set immediately below or inline with the top of the clip, and the terminal of its shorter member isset about midway the length of the clip. The upper portion of the clipand the upwardly-projecting free end of its longer member set thereatare of a size and placement to admit of their being readily andsimultaneously clasped between the thumb and forefinger of the user ofthe clip without the upwardly-projecting terminal of the short member ofthe clip being thereby engaged or interfered with.

In the first four figures of the drawings the wire composing the clip isshown folded in manner to provide it a frame or body part of loopformation, the upper portion A of such frame having an open-ring formand its lower portion B an oblong form, the portion A being relativelywide and shallow and the portion B being relatively narrow and long,with the wire in the lower opposite sides of the part A merging into thedepending arms 1 4, the latter being folded in opposite directionsbeneath the part A, one around the other,

and in manner to provide the frame its lower oblong part B-that is tosay, the arms 1 4 at some distance below the part A are folded inopposite directions in manner to provide the frame-its respective innerand outer basewires 2 and 5 and the arms their respectiveupwardly-projecting members 3 and 6, the inner one of which, being thelongest, as represented in these figures, has its free end projected upin manner to vertically cross the area of the upper part A, with itsterminal 10 set below the inner top of such part A, while thecorresponding shorter and outer member 6 is projected up along the outerside of the arm 1, with its terminal 9 set below the outer lower side ofthe part A. The fold of the wire providing the frame its outer basewire5 is some distance below the fold providing it its inner base-wire 2,while the wires forming the depending arm 1 and its upwardly-projectingmember 3 and the dependent arm 4 audits upwardly-projecting member 6,respectively, rest normally in lateral parallel relation, the arm 1 inclose parallel relation with the member 6 and the arm 4 in closeparallel relation with the member 3 and all in the same plane.

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The clip is applied to the uses intended by simultaneously claspingbetween the thumb and forefinger its upper partA and that part of thefree end of the member 3 vertically 3 crossing the inner area of suchpart A and pressing the edges of the papers being clipped against thelower base-wire 5 in manner to cause the latter, with the lower part ofthe arm 4 and member 6, to diverge from the plane occupied by the innerbase wire 2,

1 whereupon the clip may readily be pressed down to its final positionupon the papers, with the wire in its top diagonally spanning the edgesof the latter and its arms 1 4 and their respective folds and partsclamping the papers from opposite sides, as is shown in Fig. 4.

Providing the clip-frame with an upper part of a size adapting it to beclasped between the thumb and forefinger, with the terminal of thelonger of the upwardly-projecting members of its arms extended into thearea of such upper part or adjacent to it in manner to admit of itsbeing simultaneously clasped therewith and having the upwardlyprojectingmember of the other arm of a shorter length to bring its terminal belowsuch upper part and where it may not unintentionally engage the thumband forefinger when elasping the 0 latter forms a salient feature ofthis improvement. The greater width or spread of the upper part of theclip in these figures as compared with its lower part admits of thedevice being applied in clipping a consider- 5 able volume or thicknessof papers, while the narrower spread of its lower part tends to conservethe resilience of the wire therein by lessening the spread of that partof it producing the inner and outer base folds of the clip.

, In the alternative construction illustrated in Fig. 5 the frame of thedevice is shown wider in its base part B than in its upper part A andhaving the top of its member 3 terminating in a volute 8 within the areaof such top part and closely adjacent to the upper fold of the wire ofthe frame. native construction illustrated in Fig. 6 the frame is shownhaving a triangular configuration, the wider part of the frame being itstop or upper part A and the vertex of its angle being its lower part B,the outer base-wire 5 being folded into a ring formation beneath thepointed fold of the inner base-wire 2.

In the alternative construction shown in Fig. 7 the frame is alsotriangular in configuration, and the outer member 6 of the device isshown carried up to the outer top of the clip and terminating there in avolute 10, the latter being set outside the frame-top above the shoulderof the member .1, while the inner arm 3 is shown terminating at 11 orbelow that part of the upper part A of the frame adapted to be claspedby the finger and 65 thumb of the user. a

The construction of the device in any of the forms shown in the drawingswill produce In the alter-.

the results herein'described as desirable; but preference is given theconstruction shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, as the simplest and mostsatisfactory embodiment of the invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A spring-clip composed of a single wire of suitable size and temperfolded from its center in manner to provide it two arms differing inlength and folded in manner to provide the device a frame or body parthaving the wire single in its upper portion and double.

in its lower portion, the two wire arms forming the lower portion of the,frame being folded, one arm around the other in manner to provide theframe a base part composed of two wires set one at some considerabledistance below the other, and having the free ends of the wireprojecting upwardly from such base, with the terminal of one end setadjacent to the top of the frame and the terminal of the other end setnear the center of the frame, with all parts of the wire occupying thesame plane.

2. A spring-clip composed of asingle piece of suitable wire folded inmanner to provide it a frame or body part having its upper portion of asize adapting it to be clasped between the thumb and forefinger of theuser with the terminal of one'end of the wire set adjacent to the top ofthe frame in manner to admit of its being simultaneously clasped withsuch upper portion, and having the terminal of the other end of the wireset at a sufficient distance below such upper portion to avoid being soclasped.

3. A spring-clip composed of a single piece of suitable wire folded inmanner .to provide it a frame or body part having its upper portion of asize adapting it to be clasped between the thumb and forefinger of theuser, with the terminal of one end of the wire set adjacent to the topof the frame in manner to admit of its being simultaneously clasped withsuch upper portion, and having the terminal of the other end of the wireset ata sufficient distance below such upper portion to avoid being soclasped therewith and to admit of its being freely vibrated transverselythrough the plane of such clasped portion of the clip.

4. A spring-clip composed of a single piece of suitable wire folded inmanner to provide it a frame or body part having its upper portion widerthan its lower portion and of a size adapting it to be clasped betweenthe thumb and forefinger of the user, with the terminal of one end ofthewire set adjacent to the top of the frame in manner to admit of itsbeing simultaneously clasped with such upper portion, and having theterminal of the other end of the wire set at a sufficient distance belowsuch upper portion to avoid being so clasped.

5. A spring-clip composed of a single wire of suitable size and temperfolded in manner to provide it a frame or body part having a relativelywide and shallow looped upper part in which the wire is single, and arelatively long and narrow looped lower part in which the wire isdoubled and folded one wire around the other and in the same plane, thefree end of the inner fold of the wire being extended vertically upacross the inner area of the wide upper portion of the frame with theterminal of the outer fold set below the same.

6. A spring-clip composed of a single piece of suitable wire folded inmanner to provide it a frame or body part having its upper portion of asize adapting it to be clasped between the thumb and forefinger, withthe terminal of one end of the wire extended across the area of suchupper portion in manner to admit of its being simultaneously claspedwith such upper portion, and having the terminal of its other end set ata sufficient distance below such upper portion to avoid being soclasped.

7. A spring-clip composed of a single wire of suitable size and temperfolded in manner to provide it a frame or body part having the wiresingle in its upper part and doubled in its lower part, the upper partof the frame being of a size adapting it to be clasped between thefinger andthumb of the user, with the terminal of one end of the wirevertically extended across the area of such upper portion in manner toadmit of its being simultaneously clasped with such upper portion, andhaving the terminal of the other end of the wire set at a suflicientdistance below such upper portion to avoid being so clasped with it; andhaving the fold of the wire forming the outer base-wire of the clip setsome distance below the fold forming its inner basewire in manner toadmit the former being freely vibrated transversely through the planeoccupied by the latter, and normallyby both.

Signed at Riverdale-on-Hudson, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, this 28th day of May, A. D. 1902.

GEORGE W. MCGILL. Witnesses:

GUSTAVE DIETERICH, HENRY KASEFANG.

